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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

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[–] Anorack@lemmy.world 236 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Worse than using YouTube without an ad blocker?

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 107 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That's the funny thing about this threat. It implies that using YouTube the regular way is "optimal" viewing. It's fucking shit without adblock.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Even without ads it's shit without sponsorblock for me. Not even for the sponsor spots, but the absolutely annoying copy paste of please like, subscribe, hit the notification icon, blah blah blah blah blah.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

That's shit, but it's still usable as I can shortcut my way around it. The ads are hot liquid swamp ass that make it unusable. I see ad, I circumvent or close tab.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Sponsor Block????

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

How to quit YT in a week?

  1. disable adblocking
  2. Suffer watching ads
  3. Get bored, because you no longer feel like watching adTube
  4. Switch to something else
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 52 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is absolutely zero possibility that they can find a way to make my experience on YouTube worse than my experience on YouTube without uBlock.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The fact that my children know the Liberty Mutual jingle from watching YouTube at school says no.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

yo what can you even do about this